(UFU - 2015 - 1ª FASE)
Feds Settle Over Fake Facebook Profile Used in Drug Case
By Lauren Walker
A DEA agent created a fake Facebook profile in a woman's name using the contents from her seized cellphone.
The Justice Department reached a $134,000 settlement with a woman in upstate New Y...
(UFU - 2015 - 1ª FASE)
Drug-Resistant ‘Super Bacteria’ Reportedly Found in Rio’s Olympic Water
By Lucy Westcott
A man sits on a deck over the Rio Carioca, near Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dec. 16, 2014.
Windsurfers and sailors beware: Drug-resistant ―super bac...
(UFU - 2015 - 1ª FASE)
Snowden on Cyberwar: America Is Its Own Worst Enemy
By Lauren Walker
A hand is silhouetted in front of a computer screen.
After a year punctuated by hacks and data breaches, most notably a cyberattack against Sony, President Barack Obama used part of his State of the...
(UFU - 2015 - 1ª FASE)
The Case of the Sleepy Spy
By Jeff Stein
The lobby of the CIA Headquarters Building in McLean, Virginia in August 2008.
The case of the sleepy spy is not over. Although a federal judge ruled in favor of the CIA this week in a discrimination suit brought by an employee...
(UFU - 2015 - 1ª FASE)
Tattoo Regret? A Topical Removal Cream May Help
By Paula Mejia
Tats all, folks: A Ph.D. student has developed a cream that targets cells, not pigments, to get rid of unwanted ink. Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters
Today, before getting inked, one must have a serious think so...
(UFU - 2015 - 1ª FASE)
Is a Digital Gym Right for You?
By Kelsey Kloss
If you want: Personalized treatment
If '80s-style group classes make you shudder, check app ($10 per month for unlimited classes). You'll access videos of an instructor leading you, not an entire class, through...
(UFU - 2015 - 1ª FASE)
Uk School Replaces Library Cards For Kids With Fingerprint Scans
By Clay Dillow
We already know that biometrics could provide some useful new tools for identifying approaching threats or tracking people moving through crowds. But what about checking out books from a ch...
(UFU - 2015 - 1ª FASE)
Supermassive Black Hole Found Farting A Trillion Suns' Worth Of Energy
By Loren Grush
At the center of any massive galaxy, you‘ll most likely find one daunting portion of space-time: a supermassive black hole. These gigantic gravity wells are so enormous, th...
(UFU - 2015 - 1ª FASE)
World Health Organization Approves 15-Minute Ebola Detection Test
By Lydia Ramsey
Today, the World Health Organization gave the green light to doctors in West Africa to use the first ever rapid test for diagnosing the Ebola virus. Until now, the standard way to check...